Author Archives: David Coon

Want to silence the truth? Sue for defamation – Toronto Star 17 January 2016

commentary from the Toronto Star Hilary Young teaches law at the University of New Brunswick and is an expert on defamation law.  In 1989, Memorial University professor Ranjit Chandra committed flagrant academic fraud. He invented data showing that certain baby formulas, made by companies that were paying him, helped prevent allergies. Upon discovering the misconduct, Memorial confronted the professor, who resigned. […]

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World Cancer Day

Fredericton – David Coon, MLA for Fredericton South and Leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick issued the following statement in recognition of World Cancer Day on Thursday, February 4. “Most cancers are caused by factors such as the consumption of tobacco and alcohol, diet, certain types of infections, radiation,  and environmental exposure to different types of chemicals in the […]

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More must be done to Protect those in Poverty from Impacts of HST Increase

Fredericton – David Coon, MLA for Fredericton South and Leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick urges the government to do more to protect low income families from the impacts of an HST increase. “An HST increase hits low income families and those on fixed incomes harder than it does others,” said Coon. On January 21, the government announced […]

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